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Mice and Men Vocab and Idioms 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the idiom "crack" mean in the novel?
a)
methanphetimine
b)
insane asylum
c)
whiskey
d)
sexual relations with prostitute
2.
The idiom "booby hatch"
a)
insane asylum
b)
no money
c)
nonsense
d)
chicken coop
have puppies
3.
"lulu"
a)
left
b)
sexy woman
c)
whiskey
d)
figured out
4.
"took a powder"
a)
sexual relations with prostitute
b)
have puppies 
c)
left
d)
figured out
5.
"doped out"
a)
whiskey
b)
nonsense
c)
no money
d)
figured out
6.
"flat bust"
a)
have puppies 
b)
insane asylum
c)
nonsens
d)
no money
7.
"roll up a stake"
a)
no money
b)
nonsense
c)
sex with prostitute 
d)
save up some money
8.
"throw a litter"
a)
drop garbage on the ground
b)
figured out
c)
have puppies
d)
eat with your hands
9.
"baloney"
a)
sandwich 
b)
left
c)
sexy woman
d)
nonsense
10.
"corn"
a)
the yellow stuff on a cob
b)
money
c)
sexy woman
d)
whiskey
11.
a feeling of great physical or emotional pain
a)
debris
b)
bemused
c)
anguished
d)
derision
12.
cruelly, in a mean way
a)
darkly
b)
aloof
c)
subsided
d)
viciously
13.
cat house
a)
brothel
b)
flat ground
c)
animal clinic
d)
farm
14.
tart
a)
woman of loose morals
b)
breakfast food
c)
female rabbits
d)
plant grown for animal feed
15.
anxious, fearful
a)
mottled
b)
abrubtly
c)
pugnacious
d)
apprehensive
16.
Pugnacious
a)
eager and ready to fight
b)
anxious, fearful
c)
sad and sullen
d)
feeling of great pain
17.
small bundle of items
a)
tart
b)
bridled
c)
barley
d)
bindle
18.
in a pleased and satisfied manner
a)
brusquely
b)
complacently
c)
apprehensively
d)
ominously
19.
recumbent
a)
still, without movement
b)
reckless
c)
liquid rub
d)
vicious, mean spirited
20.
in a threatening way
a)
morosely
b)
sullenly
c)
apprehensively
d)
ominously
21.
in a sad and gloomy manner
a)
ominously
b)
sullenly
c)
pugnaciously
d)
morosely
22.
liniment
a)
woman of loose morals
b)
animal feed
c)
medicated liquid rub
d)
small bundle of items